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Opportunity and not opportunity that provides for equal outcomes, but opportunity that provides for equal beginnings. and then the outcomes can be different based on merit. that is so very important. otherwise if we dean -- dont reward merit were swimming in mediocrity. trey: i know you were a u.s. senator. and that is a big deal, i know it is, you also worked for that blind folded woman holds a set of scales, that is the most important job aside from being commander in chief, thank you, for you...

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Despite this republican texans that led the redistancing efforts say that the new boundaries are fairly created. >> the maps were drawn blind to race. once they were drawn, they were checked for compliance. we were assured that all of the existing minority opportunity districts whether they be black or latino were going to perform as such. >> reporter: civil rights activists say at least one of the two new congressional districts here in texas should be drawn in a way to increase the likelihood ...

Miss loaded gun, this happened on a movie set in 1993. the actor brian ali, the son of bruce ali, starring in a movie where his character was supposed to get shot in the stomach but when another actor fired a prop gun in his direction, a gun loaded with blanks, turns out the gun had been misquoted, it hadnt been checked properly when it was loaded with blanks, there is an actual bullet as launched in the chamber of that gun, when the gun went off it fired a blind, but also dislodged a real bulle...

>> the maps were drawn blind to race. once they were drawn, they were checked for compliance. we were assured that all the existing minority opportunity districts, whether they be black or latino, were going to perform as such. >> reporter: ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. >> the assault on the right to vote spreads across the country, republicans blocking another voting rights bill in the senate. they wouldnt even let it come up for a debate. what are democrats going to do to make it easier for ameri...

Hooks its way around into dallas county, and it surround another district that one person described to me that it looked like a dragon spitting fire. this district right here. and when you grzoom out you realize that district is a rural district that makes its way all the way out into east texas. despite this, the texas republicans who led the redistricting efforts insist the new political boundaries for state and congressional districts are fairly created. >> the maps were drawn blind to race. ...

Anyone who has a problem with that curriculum finding its way in schools. it does seem like a conflict of interest. the label domestic terrorist isnt just a slur, its a tool that carries with it governmental ability, governmental power, surveillance ability. abilities that weve used it to the patriot act to monitor extremists overseas and now what does that allow the government to do? what kind of tool is that in targeting parents? >> to your point, its substantial power. i want to take a step b...

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Population in any congressional district. the way some of these congressional lines are drawn does raise some eyebrows. lets take a closer look at the map. down here in this corner is the s city of denton. lately, its been trending bluer but its now drawn into a map that extends hundreds of miles out into the west texas panhandle. heavy republican territory. and if you take a closer look at the ft. worth and dallas area, look at this district in the way its drawn. it stretches from ft. worth and...

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